The career of actress Jo Anne Worley has covered television, films, theater,
both game and talk shows, commercials, and cartoons. She is best known
for part in the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In on NBC from
1968 to 1973.

What’s My Line? was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for the
CBS television network. The original series, which was usually broadcast live,
debuted on Thursday February 2, 1950 (above) at 8:00 p.m. ET. After airing
alternate Wednesdays, then alternate Thursdays, finally on October 1, 1950
it had settled into its weekly Sunday 10:30 p.m. ET slot where it would remain
until the end of its network run on September 3, 1967.

That final telecast was the 876th and was highlighted by clips from past shows,
a visit by the show’s first contestants, and the final "mystery guest," who was
John Daly himself (below). What’s My Line? won three Emmy Awards for "Best
Quiz or Audience Participation Show," in 1952, 1953 and 1958 and a Golden
Globe for Best TV Show in 1962. After its cancellation by CBS in 1967, the
show returned in syndication as a daily production which ran from 1968 until
1975.

The original NBC network daytime game show Concentration first aired
on August 25, 1958 and ran until March 23, 1973, the longest run of any
game show on NBC. The first host was Hugh Downs (above).

The Concentration home game

 
             (August 24, 1912 – March 15, 2000)

Homer Durward Kirby known professionally as Durward Kirby was a
television host and announcer. He is best remembered for his work
on The Garry Moore Show on CBS from 1950 to 1967 and candid
Camera, where he co-hosted with Allen Funt from 1961 through 1966.

Durward Kirby with Garry Moore

The Newlywed Game debuted on the ABC television network on July 11, 1966
with host Bob Eubanks (above). Eubanks was, at the time, the youngest emcee
to host a game show at age 28. The game show  It was the last U.S. commercial
network series to premiere in black and white, eventually converting to color, as
did virtually all other network series, that coming September.

 
Newlywed contestants on the set